That came to an additional $2.25 billion in taxpayer expenditure money that should have been provided by the federal government for a federal responsibility borne by the taxpayers of my state. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice spent an additional $311.2 million on anti-gang violence. The number of dangerous gangs emanating from Central America or Venezuela are well known. And indeed these are some of the most dangerous people that have made their way into the United States as a result of the policies of the Biden administration. (10:11–10:21)
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